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Re: [support] repost: recurring problem with "home"
by James R Stone 11 Nov '10

11 Nov '10

I tried your suggestion(Carl Wiedemann <carl.wiedemann(a)gmail.com>) and have a very interesting update to the issue. I deleted all of the aliases through the Drupal interface at Site building > User aliases > Delete all aliases. One at a time I started the rebuilding process, I have Automatic alias in the URL Path settings section of Edit unchecked, so I was able to create the aliases I wanted for each page. The same problem is occurring with one interesting twist. First of all, when selecting the Home tab on the Primary menu - you are directed to the Home (node/33) page but the Criminal/Traffic <node/81) page is highlighted. When I select a section below the Home page, no tabs are highlighted. So in one way I am back at square one. Is there something missing in this section of css that controls this functionality? The two sections with #primary-menu ul.menu li.active- are the ones that shut off the functionality of highlighting completely. #primary-menu ul.menu li.active, #primary-menu ul.menu li:hover, #primary-menu ul.menu li.hover, #primary-menu ul.menu li:focus, #primary-menu ul.menu li.hover { background: #ad462b; } > #primary-menu ul.menu li.active a, #primary-menu ul.menu li:hover a, #primary-menu ul.menu li.hover a, #primary-menu ul.menu li:focus a, #primary-menu ul.menu li.hover a { background: #ad462b; color: #fff; } > > #primary-menu ul.menu li.active-trail { background: #ad462b; color: #fff; } > > #primary-menu ul.menu li.active-trail a { background: #ad462b; color: #fff; } Thank you for all the help so far. -- Best Regards, James R Stone fndtn357(a)gmail.com "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute."

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htaccess for a non Drupal folder
by Marolijo 09 Nov '10

09 Nov '10

Hello, I have a SMF Forum on the /smf folder I need to tell .htaccess no to grab all the urls under /smf, I tried this without luck, any idea? <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine on # A trailing / is added to directory requests by the http.conf or somewhere. # Exclude the smf directory. #RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !^smf.* # Rewrite only if the file is not found. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # Rewrite only if the directory is not found. RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d # Rewrite a URL to make the request a query parameter of q=original_request. RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.html?q=$1 [L,QSA] Thank's!

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Re: [support] Migrating old passwords to Drupal
by WATSON Michael 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

I believe mysql password() encryption is one way; its impossible to decrypt (I'm not about to brute-force crack my users' passwords) Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Steve Power" <steev(a)initsix.co.uk> Date: Mon, Nov 8, 2010 12:43 Subject: [support] Migrating old passwords to Drupal To: "support(a)drupal.org" <support(a)drupal.org> why not export your user data from your old app, import to drupal (decrypt the mysql password, hash with md5) then you dont have to mess about hacking core. On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM, WATSON Michael <mick.watson(a)roslin.ed.ac.uk<mailto:mick.watson@roslin.ed.ac.uk>> wrote: Hi I have an old website/DB that I would like to migrate into Drupal. At present, it has a user/password setup that encodes the passwords in MySQL using the native MySQL password() function. Ideally, I’d like to take those users and replace them with Drupal users, in a seamless way and without having to re-set user passwords, such that users can log into the new Drupal website without having to change or re-set their passwords. Clearly this is difficult as Drupal stores passwords as md5 encoded strings, whereas my passwords are encoded by password(). I notice that the user.module file includes several calls to md5. If I changed all of these to a function which mimics the MySQL password() function, would that enable me to migrate my users into Drupal, allowing them to log into Drupal with their existing passwords? If that wouldn’t work, suggestions are welcome! Thanks Mick The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] -- -- -- Steve Power Principal Consultant Mobile: +44 (0) 7747 027 243 Fax: +44 (0)160 421 2871 Skype: steev_initsix www.initsix.co.uk<http://www.initsix.co.uk> :: Initsix Heavy Engineering Limited -- This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Initsix Heavy Engineering Limited. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Initsix Heavy Engineering Limited Registered in the UK: 5036938 Registered Address: 243 Kettering Road, Northampton, NN2 7DU, England. -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Migrating old passwords to Drupal
by WATSON Michael 08 Nov '10

08 Nov '10

Hi I have an old website/DB that I would like to migrate into Drupal. At present, it has a user/password setup that encodes the passwords in MySQL using the native MySQL password() function. Ideally, I'd like to take those users and replace them with Drupal users, in a seamless way and without having to re-set user passwords, such that users can log into the new Drupal website without having to change or re-set their passwords. Clearly this is difficult as Drupal stores passwords as md5 encoded strings, whereas my passwords are encoded by password(). I notice that the user.module file includes several calls to md5. If I changed all of these to a function which mimics the MySQL password() function, would that enable me to migrate my users into Drupal, allowing them to log into Drupal with their existing passwords? If that wouldn't work, suggestions are welcome! Thanks Mick The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Re: [support] complex checkbox / radio combo
by Marty Landman 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Thanks Carl, I've been thinking more about it myself and it seems like it's also sensible that someone could check off one or more age groups and also skill-based. Funny how something that's kind of intuitive for peeps can be a bit involved to get a computer to do. Marty At 02:15 PM 11/7/2010, Carl Wiedemann wrote: >There are two tasks at hand: > >Task A. Determining what fields should be used to store the data. >Task B. Configuring the form to have proper validation and dynamic behavior. > >Task A. can be done via CCK alone. Task B would require custom PHP >and JavaScript/jQuery to implement fully. > >Here's how I would approach task A. There will be three fields total. > >1. Create a field called "Type" (or whatever makes sense) which is 3 >radio buttons. > >o Age group >o All ages >o Skill-based > >2. Create a field called "Ages" which is 5 checkboxes that states >"If age group was selected for type, please select the appropriate >age group(s)." > >[ ] 4-5 >[ ] 6-7 >[ ] 8-9 >[ ] 10-12 >[ ] 13+ > >3. Create a field called "Skills" which is a textfield that state >"If skill-based was selected for type, please enter the relevant skills." > > From here, you are faced with Task B. Some form validation would be > added such that if indeed "Age group" or "Skill-based" are selected > for "Type" that the respective sub-fields contain values. > JavaScript/jQuery would hide the checkboxes and textfield if the > respective radio button isn't selected. > >Arguably, the form is acceptably functional without completing Task >B -- that is, making sure correct data are entered becomes >administrative (a human task) rather than technical (a machine task). > > >On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 7:09 PM, Marty Landman ><<mailto:mlandman@face2interface.com>mlandman(a)face2interface.com> wrote: >Hi, I've been asked if I can accomplish the following for a create >content form where the content-type is CCK generated. > >Age group: > >1. 4-5 >2. 6-7 >3. 8-9 >4. 10-12 >5. 13+ >6. All ages >7. Skill based ____________________________________________ > >with the lines before the ages being a checkbox, and the ability to >check multiple boxes. After "Skill based" we need a box to write in >the skills. Is it possible to be able to check multiple boxes on the >first 5, but if you check all ages or skill based you can only check one? > >+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >I'm thinking that at least conceptually if I could make 1.-5. into a >checkbox group, and then have that checkbox group be in aggregate a >radio button (if that even makes sense) with 6. & 7. also being radio >buttons 2 & 3, and then the test field for skill based would >magically become required iff #7 was selected. > >Anyone know of any examples of something like this being done? How >would it be approached? Can it work with CCK? Alternatively I wonder >how to get close to what they want. I mean from a functional pov this >makes perfect sense, doesn't it? > >Marty > >-- >Open first 10 Google results in 10 new tabs ><https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/181910/>https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/181910/ > >-- >[ Drupal support list | <http://lists.drupal.org/>http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > >-- >[ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]

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complex checkbox / radio combo
by Marty Landman 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Hi, I've been asked if I can accomplish the following for a create content form where the content-type is CCK generated. Age group: 1. 4-5 2. 6-7 3. 8-9 4. 10-12 5. 13+ 6. All ages 7. Skill based ____________________________________________ with the lines before the ages being a checkbox, and the ability to check multiple boxes. After "Skill based" we need a box to write in the skills. Is it possible to be able to check multiple boxes on the first 5, but if you check all ages or skill based you can only check one? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I'm thinking that at least conceptually if I could make 1.-5. into a checkbox group, and then have that checkbox group be in aggregate a radio button (if that even makes sense) with 6. & 7. also being radio buttons 2 & 3, and then the test field for skill based would magically become required iff #7 was selected. Anyone know of any examples of something like this being done? How would it be approached? Can it work with CCK? Alternatively I wonder how to get close to what they want. I mean from a functional pov this makes perfect sense, doesn't it? Marty -- Open first 10 Google results in 10 new tabs https://addons.mozilla.org/af/firefox/addon/181910/

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repost: recurring problem with "home"
by James R Stone 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

>I am reposting for the sake of visual clarity, I did not realize that all the images would be scrubbed. Sorry for the visual overload. --------- When I go to my client's website at bartosandrini.com the Home tab is not highlighted, in fact a completely different tab, Criminal/Traffic, is highlighted. This problem showed up after one of my client's blog editors selected "Promoted to front page" in the Publishing options section. In Site Configuration > Site Information (or /admin/settings/site-information) Default front page: http://bartosandrini.com/ node In the footer section on the same page and I am using <a href="/"><u>Home</u></a> as a link In Site Building > Menus > Primary Links (or /admin/build/menu/item/1964/edit) Menu settings Path: <front> Menu link title: Home In Site Building > Blocks after selecting configure (or /admin/build/block/configure/views/rotor-block_1) Page specific visibility settings Show on only the listed pages. <front> This problem first occurred in January and below is a link to the advice I received. Initially, this worked for me. This advice does not work now and I really don't know what to do or how to troubleshoot this. Here is the link: http://drupal.org/node/678758 <http://drupal.org/node/678758> Any help with this problem will be greatly appreciated! --------- Best Regards, James R Stone "The skill of coding is to create a context in which other people can contribute."

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Mac display problem
by Roger 07 Nov '10

07 Nov '10

Our Drual pages display well in W7, xp. Ubuntu, Fedora, firefox,chromium, IE etc on 5 different computers but on a wide screen mac the logo and header are substantially off to the left. They are in the page block and position:absolute; in the style.css. If position:relative; to page they float to the left edge of the monitor Got me tossed. Has anyone had this experience and found a way to fix it. Thanks in advance Roger

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urgently need help for Site off-line error
by Qiubo Su (David Su) 06 Nov '10

06 Nov '10

dear drupal support,i installed and configure my drupal site in local ubuntu pc. it has been working fine, but after i reboot the pc, it shows the below error message and can never login to the site to browse the pages. Site off-line The site is currently not available due to technical problems. Please try again later. Thank you for your understanding. ------------------------------ If you are the maintainer of this site, please check your database settings in the settings.php file and ensure that your hosting provider's database server is running. For more help, see the handbook<http://drupal.org/node/258>, or contact your hosting provider. i login to OS and run mysql, but got the "ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock' (2)" error message. i try to login though phpmyadmin, but couldn't login there as well. in the /var/log/apache2/error.log file, there is below output: [Wed Nov 03 21:23:25 2010] [notice] Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu) DAV/2 mod_fcgid/2.3.4 PHP/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.5 with Suhosin-Patch mod_ruby/1.2.6 Ruby/1.8.7(2010-01-10) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8k configured -- resuming normal operations [Wed Nov 03 21:24:17 2010] [error] [client 192.168.35.103] PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function _system_theme_data() in /var/www/includes/theme.inc on line 481 [Wed Nov 03 21:24:20 2010] [error] [client 192.168.35.103] File does not exist: /var/www/favicon.ico in the /var/log/mysql/error.log file, there is below output: 101103 22:35:28 [Note] Plugin 'FEDERATED' is disabled. 101103 22:35:28 InnoDB: Started; log sequence number 0 44233 101103 22:35:28 [ERROR] Fatal error: Can't open and lock privilege tables: Table 'mysql.user' doesn't exist it is much appreciated if you can help with this. thanks, qiubo su

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Get all nodes in relations with
by ceooph+drupallist＠gmail.com 05 Nov '10

05 Nov '10

Hi list, I use CCK noderelation to link 2 different contents types. I have content type A. I have content type B with a nodereference to a content type A node. When I visit content type A I want to have a block with content type B nodes in relation with this content type A node. What sort of relation and arguments I must use in my view. I find many exemples to have the reverse (when I'm on type B, list all type A) but it's not that I want. Thanks in advance for your help.

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